Indigenous Law Centre : UNSW Faculty of Law

Indigenous Women in Australia
State/Federal government reports on issues concerning Indigenous Women:

Boni Robertson, The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Task Force on Violence Report (State of Queensland) 2000 S Gordon, K Hallahan, and D Henry, Putting the picture together, Inquiry into the Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities (Department of Premier and Cabinet, Western Australia 2002) Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Taskforce – Literature Review ‘Discrimination … have you got all day?’: Indigenous women, discrimination and complaints processes in NSW PIAC/Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre (December 2001) Department of Women Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Submission to the Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory Ending family violence and abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities – key issues: An overview paper of research and findings by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2001-2006 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (June 2006) Addressing the needs of Indigenous women exiting prison, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2004, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Web Writings on Indigenous Women's Issues
Alison Anderson, ‘Women’s Rights and Culture: an Indigenous Woman’s Perspective on the Removal of Traditional Marriage as a Defence under Northern Territory Law’ (2004) 31 Indigenous Law Bulletin Judy Atkinson, ‘Violence against Aboriginal Women: Reconstitution of Community Law – the Way Forward’ (1990) 2 Aboriginal Law Bulletin 6 Judy Atkinson, “‘Stinkin Thinkin – Alcohol, Violence and Government Responses’” (1991) 2(51) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 4. Jackie Huggins, ‘Indigenous Women and Leadership: A Personal Reflection’ (2004) 6 Indigenous Law Bulletin 5, 7 Annie Keely, ‘Women and Land: the problems Aboriginal Women Face in Providing Gender Restricted Evidence’ (1996) 3 Indigenous Law Bulletin Clare Land, ‘Representations of gender in E.M. Curr’s Recollections of Squatting in Victoria: Implications for land justice through the native title process’ (2002) 5(19) Indigenous Law Bulletin 6-9 Rowena Lawrie, ‘Speak Out Speak Strong: Rising Imprisonment Rates of Aboriginal Women’ (2003) 5(24) Indigenous Law Bulletin 5-7 Eileen Luna, ‘Indigenous Women, Domestic Violence and self-determination’ (1999) 4 (25) Indigenous Law Bulletin Jennifer Nielsen, ‘How Mainstream Law Makes Aboriginal Women Disappear’ (2004) 6(1) Indigenous Law Bulletin